Baked Apples Vermont

Use a good-flavored baking apple such as Granny Smith for this delicious dessert. From the New England chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 6  medium apples, cored and peeled 1/4 of the way down
• 2  tablespoons butter
• 1⁄2 cup maple syrup or 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup water

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Place apples in a baking dish.
3. Place a teaspoon of butter in each apple; pour syrup or brown sugar over apples.
4. Pour water in the pan and bake until soft, about 1/2 hour, basting every five minutes or so.
5. Serve with heavy cream or vanilla ice cream.